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Prime Minister's Office
PM congratulates Mizoram for 11 schemes of approx. ₹2500 crore
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated the people of Mizoram for 11 distinct schemes of approx. ₹2500 crore which were either inaugurated or foundation stone for which were laid by the Union Minister Shri Amit Shah yesterday.
The Prime Minister tweeted
"Congratulations to the people of Mizoram for the boost to the state’s growth trajectory through these development works covering various sectors."
More details can be found here https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1912878
Ministry of Defence
Indo-UK Tri-Service Exercise ‘Konkan Shakti 2021’ Concludes
Key Highlights:
· First bilateral tri-service exercise
· Exercise is the result of India-UK 2030 Roadmap announced in May 2021 by the Prime Ministers of both the countries
The maiden bilateral tri-service exercise, Konkan Shakti 21, between the armed forces of India and the UK culminated in the Arabian Sea on 27 October 2021. Smooth execution of the first edition of the exercise is testimony to the professional abilities, mutual understanding and shared commitment of the two nations and their personnel in uniform.
Spanning over four days, the exercise saw the two defence forces work in cohesion through a series of complex multi-service combat drills in all domains of maritime operations - air, surface and sub-surface. Drills undertaken during the exercise involved ‘replenishment at sea’ practice, Strike Operations by fighter aircrafts, Cross Control of helicopters, simulated induction of army troops, gun shoots on expendable air targets, advanced air and sub-surface exercises, composite helicopter formation fly-past and large force engagement involving fighter aircraft of the UK , Indian Navy  and Indian Air Force , all of which reflected high synergy, professionalism and readiness of both nations to conduct joint maritime operations, when required.
The exercise provided both forces the opportunity to share best practices and experiences with each other in a collaborative spirit that is particularly important in the complex and unpredictable global security environment.
The culmination of the exercise was marked by the traditional steam past between ships of the two navies.
Ministry of Railways
Vaccination of Railway Employees
Vaccination of Railway employees is being done in a phased manner. In the first phase Railway health care staff are being vaccinated. Till now, 13,117 Railway health care staff have been vaccinated.
3,70,316 front line, Railway employees have been identified for vaccination in the next phase.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
Exercise Suraksha Kavach- Joint Anti Terrorist Exercise By Army and Police
Pune: 13 Oct 2020
Agnibaaz Division organized a joint exercise for both Indian Army and Maharashtra Police at Lullanagar Pune recently . The aim of the exercise was to harmonize the drills and procedures of both Army and Police for activating anti-terrorist Quick Reaction Teams  to counter any terrorist actions in Pune. The exercise involved participation of Quick Reaction Teams, Dog Squads and Bomb Disposal Teams of Army as well as Anti-Terrorism Squad  and Quick Reaction Team of Maharashtra Police. A simulated exercise scenario was built up regarding the presence of terrorist in family accommodations at Lullanagar, based on which Quick Reaction Teams of Army initially established the outer cordon. Traffic control on the nearby roads was jointly carried out by Maharashtra traffic police and Corps of Military Police Army. Joint action was thereafter carried out by Army’s Counter Terrorism Task Force  and Quick Reaction Team of Maharashtra Police to neutralize terrorists, it involved room intervention drill, search of room for any unidentified items/explosives by Dog squads and their neutralization/ diffusion by Bomb Disposal Units. An equipment display was also organized, showcasing important equipment required for the conduct of this exercise. The exercise was carried out taking all safety norms of COVID-19 into consideration and strength of participating troops was scaled down accordingly. The exercise provided an opportunity for both Army and Police to cooperate, coordinate, coopt and streamline their drills and procedures. Overall, it was a great learning experience for both.
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Ministry of Civil Aviation
Over 1300 Indians brought back today by special Civilian flights from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries
More than 17 thousand 4 hundred Indians have been brought back by special flights so far
Under ‘Operation Ganga’ to rescue Indian citizens, 1314 Indians have been airlifted today by 7 special civilian flights from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries. With this, more than 17 thousand 4 hundred Indians have been brought back since the special flights began on 22nd February, 2022.The number of Indians airlifted by 73 special civilian flights goes up to 15206. One C-17 IAF flight, with 201 Indians on board, is expected to arrive in the evening today. IAF had earlier flown 10 sorties to bring back 2056 passengers, as part of the Operation Ganga.
Among the special Civilian flights today, 4 have landed in New Delhi while 2 reached Mumbai. One flight is expected late in the evening. There were 5 flights from Budapest, and one each from Bucharest and Suceava.
Tomorrow, 2 special Civilian flights are expected to operate from Suceva, bringing in more than 400 Indians back home.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Metro projects in India- Rapid Strides in Urban transport & Mobility
With rapid urbanization, the pressure is mounting on the public transport system from the people living in cities and towns across the country. Mass Rapid Transport System, MRTS has emerged as one of the most effective means of mobility for the citizens in tier-1 and tier-2 cities and Metro has been a major player.
Metro Today-
Currently 585 km of Metro lines are operational. Approximately another 60 km of metro lines are likely to be opened in the next one month in the cities of Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Nagpur and Ghaziabad.
With a modest beginning with 8 km in 2002, modern metro rail have shown phenomenal growth in the country.
In the current financial year , 140 km of metro lines have been opened for the public .
Out of the 585 km of operational metro lines as on 10 February 2019, 326 km have been made operational after May 2014.
Since May 2014, 258 km of metro line have been sanctioned by the Govt. of India.
Currently there is about 600 km of sanctioned metro lines under construction which will be operational in next five years.
There are about 1000 km of metro line proposals under planning.
Govt. of India has taken various steps for standardization and growth of metro rail in India. The Metro Rail Policy 2017 of Govt. of India enables rapid and sustainable growth of metro rail in the country.
METRO PROGRESS IN INDIA 
Operational: 585 km
Delhi & NCR 
Noida-Greater Noida -29.7 km
Bangalore 
Hyderabad $
Kolkata Metro 
Chennai 
Jaipur @
Kochi 
Lucknow 
Mumbai Metro Line 1Rapid Metro GurgaonMumbai Mono Rail Phase-1 
Under Construction Metro/MRTS Projects: 622 km
Delhi and NCR including extensions 
Kolkata 
Bangalore 
Chennai 
Kochi 
Jaipur 
Mumbai 
Hyderabad 
Nagpur 
Ahmadabad 
Lucknow 
Pune 
Bhopal 
Indore 
Regional Rapid Rail Transit System : 373.15 km - Under Planning
Delhi- Meerut 
Delhi- Panipat 
Delhi- Alwar 
$ PPP project of Government of Telangana
@Fully owned by Government of RajasthanPPP project of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development AuthorityPrivate initiative
#Including 11 km of Mumbai Monorail ph2 and other metro projects of MMRDA sanctioned by State Governments of Maharashtra
## Including expansion of Kolkata metro sanctioned by Ministry of Railways
Metro Projects have not only added to connectivity, it has reduced the travel time and hence enhanced the ease of living substantially in the urban areas. It has also led to creation of direct and indirect employment opportunities. It is expected that with the expansion of Metros in the cities, local and intercity travel will be easier, mobility and connectivity will be enhanced giving a fillip to local business as well.
Prime Minister's Office
PM congratulates Tejaswin Shankar for winning Silver Medal in Men’s Decathlon Event at the Asian Games
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi congratulated Tejaswin Shankar for winning Silver Medal in Men’s Decathlon Event at the Asian Games.
The Prime Minister posted on X;
“Congratulations to @TejaswinShankar for winning the much deserved Silver Medal in Men’s Decathlon Event at the Asian Games.
Such commitment and determination is indeed admirable, which will motivate younger athletes to also give their best with sincerity.”
Ministry of Home Affairs
Extension of the last date of Invitation of Nominations for Sardar Patel National Unity Award till 30th June, 2020
Government of India has instituted Sardar Patel National Unity Award as the highest civilian award in the name of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, for contribution in promoting unity and integrity of India.
The award seeks to recognize the notable and inspiring contribution made by individuals or institutions or organizations in this field and reinforces the value of strong and united India.
A notification in this regard was issued on 20th September, 2019 calling in for nominations/recommendations for the Award. The detail in respect of award is available at www.nationalunityawards.mha.gov.in .
It has been decided to extend the invitation of nominations online through the above mentioned portal till 30th June, 2020.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati 
Government is implementing Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati  as a sub scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana  since 2020-21 for the promotion of traditional indigenous practices. The scheme mainly emphasizes on exclusion of all synthetic chemical inputs and promotes on-farm biomass recycling with major stress on biomass mulching; use of cow dung-urine formulations; plant-based preparations and time to time working of soil for aeration. Under BPKP, financial assistance of Rs 12200/ha for 3 years is provided for cluster formation, capacity building and continuous handholding by trained personnel, certification and residue analysis.
As of now, an area of 4.9 lakh ha is covered in 8 states and Rs. 4980.99 lakh has been released. Telangana has not taken up natural farming so far under BPKP programme.
The State –wise details of funds released under BPKP
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Sl. No.
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States
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Area in Ha
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Amount released 
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1.
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Andhra Pradesh
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100000
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750.00
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2.
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Chhattisgarh
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85000
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1352.52
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3.
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Kerala
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84000
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1336.60
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4.
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Himachal Pradesh
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12000
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286.42
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5
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Jharkhand
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3400
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54.10
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6.
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Odisha
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24000
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381.89
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7.
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Madhya Pradesh
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99000
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787.64
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8.
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Tamil Nadu
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2000
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31.82
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Total
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409400
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4980.99
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha.
Ministry of Power
SJVN has been conferred with Dun & Bradstreet – Corporate Award 2021
SJVN has been conferred with prestigious Dun & Bradstreet – Corporate Award 2021 in the category of Best Growth Performance-Power. The award has been presented in a virtual conference titled India’s Top 500 Companies 2021. The event was attended by Guest of Honour Dr. Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister  and Special Guest Dr Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. The event showcased the performances of front runners among Indian Corporates.
SJVN today has ventured into Thermal Power, Wind and Solar energy generation, and into electricity transmission also.
With a robust portfolio of 31 projects of about 10,000 MW in the pipeline, SJVN for itself has set an ambitious target of achieving 5000 MW installed capacity by 2023, 12000 MW by 2030 and 25000 MW by 2040.
The event, with the central theme ‘Laying the Foundations for an ESG-Ready Corporate India’ featured keynote addresses by several eminent dignitaries and the presentation of Corporate Awards 2021. The event also featured the digital launch of the publication India’s Top 500 Companies 2021.
For more than two decades, Dun & Bradstreet has been compiling the list of India’s Top 500 Companies, which represent the leaders among Corporate India, and the driving force of the Indian economy. Over the years, the publication has built a reputation of being among the most credible and comprehensive compendiums and the most definitive ranking of India’s largest corporates.
PIB Headquarters
SSP QC Teams bag Awards
Two Quality Circles of Salem Steel Plant participated in the National Convention on Quality concepts  conducted at Gwalior recently. The Evergreen QC from CRM Mechanical department bagged the Par Excellence Award while the New Tech QC from SMS Mechanical department won the Excellence Award. Shri AV Kamlakar, Executive Director, congratulated the winning teams at a function held recently. He appreciated the Award winning employees for their achievements. He pointed out that employees’ contribution through Quality Circles help in a big way to improve the plant’s performance.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Jeevan Pramaan app with Face Authentication Technology easing lives of pensioners
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare launches nation-wide campaign for promotion of Digital Life Certificates
Mumbai : 17 November 2022
A Digital Life Certificate Submission camp for pensioners was organised by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India and State Bank of India at the SBI Anushakti Nagar Branch, Mumbai today. A similar one-day camp was organised in Ambernath yesterday. The objective of the camps was to familiarise pensioners with the Jeevan Pramaan app that uses face Authentication Technology for digital submission of Life Certificates.
The camp is a part of the nation-wide awareness campaign being run by the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare for promotion of Digital Life Certificates for Central Government pensioners. More than 61 lakh pensioners have submitted their digital Life Certificates since 1 October 2022. The Face Authentication Technology was launched by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions in November 2021.
At the camp, SBI volunteers helped and guided pensioners about submission of Life Certificates digitally through Jeevan Pramaan App using their mobile phones.
Under Secretary, Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare Shri Manoj Kumar who led the team at the camp explained “Earlier, aged pensioners had to queue up for hours outside banks to submit Life Certificate in physical form. Now, they can submit their Life Certificates digitally at the click of a button from the comfort of their homes”.
Jeevan Pramaan is a biometric enabled digital service for pensioners. Pensioners of Central Government, State Government or any other Government organization can take benefit of this facility.
The app can be downloaded from:
Jeevan Pramaan :: Life Certificate for PensionersDeitYGovernment of India
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Prime Minister's Office
PM hails impact of Cochlear Implant Scheme for children up to 5 years
We are always dedicated to protecting the health of our children:PM
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has hailed the impact of Cochlear Implant Scheme where children up to the age of 5 years are operated free of cost. The cost of operation is 6 lakh rupees.
Sharing a tweet by Union Minister of State for Power and Heavy Industries, Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar, the Prime Minister tweeted;
“बहुत अच्छी जानकारी। बच्चों की स्वास्थ्य सुरक्षा के लिए हम सदैव समर्पित हैं।”
Ministry of Steel
Union Steel Minister Reviews Capital Expenditure  of Steel CPSEs
The Union Steel Minister, Shri. Ram Chandra Prasad Singh chaired a meeting here today to review the progress of capital expenditure  by Steel CPSEs. Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste, Minister of State, Shri Pradip Kumar Tripathi Secretary Steel and the CMDs of Steel CPSEs viz. Steel Authority of India Ltd. , National Mineral Development Ltd. , Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. , Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd.  and Manganese Ore  Ltd.  and senior officers of the Ministry of Steel attended the meeting.
During the detailed review of projects under implementation, the Union Minister emphasized the importance of capital expenditure in building steel infrastructure to spur high and sustainable growth in the post pandemic period. The Steel CPSEs were directed to step up the pace of their CAPEX and to also streamline the processes for timely completion of projects.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on Raksha Bandhan
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"सभी देशवासियों को रक्षाबंधन के पावन पर्व पर ढेरों शुभकामनाएं।"
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurates the latest technology Integrated Bamboo Treatment Plant near Guwahati
MDoNER is encouraging Start-Ups and new entrepreneurs to explore business opportunities through bamboo: Dr Jitendra Singh
Union Minister of State  Development of North Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today inaugurated the latest technology Integrated Bamboo Treatment Plant in the premises of North East Cane and Bamboo Development Council . Later, he went around the Plant, interacted with technicians and artists and was also called upon by a group of officers from Jammu & Kashmir who are currently on a Bamboo Study tour of Northeast.
Advisor North Eastern Council  Air Marshal  Anjan Gogoi and CMD of the Centre, Shailendra Choudhary accompanied the Minister. A display of a wide variety of bamboo products was also put up in the premises.
Later addressing a press conference , Dr. Jitendra Singh said, bamboo is going to play a lead role in the post-COVID economy, not only for Northeast but, in fact, for the whole of India. He explained this further by saying that in the post-COVID era, economic resurgence will keep looking for unexplored and alternative avenues of trade and business and it is here that the huge Bamboo reserves in the North Eastern region, which had remained underutilised for all these years, will come handy and become tool of economy generation.
Dr Jitendra Singh further revealed that in a bid to make aware about the versatile applications of bamboo and its cost-effective products, the North Eastern Council and the Ministry of DoNER have initiated a country wide drive and are also encouraging Start-Ups and new entrepreneurs to explore business opportunities through bamboo. As a part of this, he said, the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir will set up three Bamboo Clusters through technical knowhow and collaboration from North East Cane and Bamboo Development Council . Each of the three clusters will be devoted to the production of Agarbatti, baskets and charcoal respectively, he added.
Dr. Jitendra Singh said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the highest priority to the growth and development of the North Eastern region and it was a path-breaking decision under his leadership to exempt home grown bamboo from the purview of the 100 year old Indian Forest Act. This will help in bringing ease of doing business in the bamboo sector for the young entrepreneurs, he said.
At the same time, during the COVID-pandemic, Dr. Jitendra Singh informed that the import duty on Agarbatti coming from other countries has been hiked to nearly 35%. This will discourage import of bamboo made Aggarbatties and encourage domestic production in keeping with Prime Minister Modi’s call for “Atma Nirbhar Bharat”.
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Ministry of Coal
In a big green push CIL, Ministry of Coal starts pilot project to replace use of diesel with LNG in dumpers
The move will help CIL reduce its carbon footprint drastically and achieve sustainable goals.
In a big push to reduce its carbon footprint, national miner Coal India Ltd , Ministry of Coal has initiated the process of retrofitting Liquefied Natural Gas  kits in its dumpers - the big trucks engaged in transportation of coal in mines. This is significant as the world’s largest coal miner uses over 4 lakh kilolitres of diesel per annum with an annual expense of over Rs. 3,500 crores.
The company in association with GAIL  Limited and BEML Limited has taken up a pilot project for retrofitting LNG kits in its two 100 tonne dumpers operating at the subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd . CIL has signed anMoU with GAIL and BEML to get this pilot project executed. Once the LNG kit is successfully retrofitted and tested, these dumpers will be able to run on dual fuel system i.e. both on LNG and Diesel and their operations will be significantly cheaper and cleaner with use of LNG.
“This will be a game changer. The company has over 2,500 dumpers running in its opencast coal mines. The dumper fleet consumes about 65% to 75% of total diesel consumed by the company. LNG will replace the use of diesel by about 30% to 40% and reduce the fuel cost by about 15%. The move will reduce carbon emission significantly and also save around Rs. 500 crores annually if all existing Heavy Earth Moving Machines  including dumpers are retrofitted with LNG kit. Getting rid of diesel pilferages and adulteration are other added advantages,” said a senior CIL executive.
The main goal of the pilot project is to monitor the replacement rate of diesel with LNG in different load and operating conditions and also to capture the details of any change in characteristics of the dumper including cycle time and engine performance parameters, the executive added.
The trial run of dumpers in dual fuel  system will be conducted for 90 days in different load and operating conditions. A techno-economic study will be done based on the data generated during the trial run to ascertain the feasibility of the system in CIL mining conditions. Based on the outcome of the pilot project, CIL will decide for bulk use of LNG in its HEMMs, especially dumpers. The company has also planned to buy HEMMs with only LNG engines if this ongoing pilot projects gets success. This move will help CIL reduce its carbon footprint drastically and achieve sustainable goals.
Notably, major mining dumper manufacturers worldwide are now switching overto manufacturing of dumpers having engines with dual fuel  system. CIL’s effort is a big leap towards making a green and cost-effective operations of its machines already running in coal mines.
Ministry of Defence
GOVERNMENT APPROVES INCREASE IN VACANCIES FORHONORARY COMMISSION FOR DEFENCE FORCES.
Honorary Commission is granted to serving Junior Commissioned Officers on Independence Day and Republic Day in their last year of service as recognition of their exemplary service and contribution in the Armed Forces. The ratio for grant of Honorary Commission since 1984 has been 12:1000 for Honorary Lieutenants and proportionate vacancies for Honorary Captains. Acknowledging the contribution of Junior Commissioned Officers, the ratio has now been revised to 15:1000 for Honorary Lieutenants. This will provide enhanced opportunities to Junior Commissioned Officers to become Honorary Commissioned Officers prior to their superannuation.
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